Toy



fatented June 22, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TOY.

Application filed February 25, 1926. Serial No. 90,660.

My invention relates to in'iprovements in toys, and the object of the invention is to devise a toy which will quickly fix the attention of a child thereon, and which is so designed as to carry educational information to which the childs attention is easily drawn, and with which he thereby becomes familiar without the tedious process of learning in the ordinary way, and it consists essentially of the arrangement and construction of parts as hereinafter more particularly explained.

1 is a front elevation of my toy.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation.

Fig. 8 is a side elevation.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

1 indicates amain support which is somewhat in the form of a bat provided with a handle 2 by which the toy is held in one hand. 3 and A} are pins extending outward from the front face of the support 1 in vertical alignment one with the other. 5 is a bar member secured to the outer ends of the pins 3 and 1. 6 is a shaft journalled in the support 1 and in the bar member 5 and extending outward. therefrom. 7 is a pulley secured to the shaft 6 between the support 1 and bar 5, and 8 is a pulley secured to the shaft 6 on the projecting portion of the shaft adjacent to the bar 5. 9 is a teeter bar secured to the outer end of the shaft 6 centrally of its length.

10 and 11 are pins extending outward from the bar 9 at each side of the transverse centre and on a longitudinal centre of the ,bar. 12 and 13 are representations of birds pirotally mounted at 14C and 15 adjacent the outer ends of the bar 9. Nasher members 16 and 17 may be inserted between the body port-ions of the members 12 and'13 and the bar 9 so to permit of the free movement of such members around the pivot supporting pins 1A and 15. The beaks of the members 12 and 18 rest normally upon the pins 10 and 11.

18 is a resilient connection between the pulley 8 and a pin 19 extending from the support 1, such resilient connection being preferably in the form of an ordinary elastic band extending at its lower end through the slit opening 20 at the outer end of the pin 1. 231161 secured at its upper end in the slit opening 21 extending across the face of El e pplley 8 as indicated by dotted lines in 22 is a cord secured at one end to the pulley 7 at 23 and wound thereon, the free end depending through an eye 24: carried by the support 1 and provided at its extreme lower end with a pull handle 25. 26 is a representation of a clock provided with clock hands 27 an 28 which may be turned to any desired position so as to teach the child how to tell the time.

On the back of the support are arranged the letters of the alphabet and the numerals preferably arranged in vertical rows so as to be readily discernible to the child.

In operating the toy the supporting handle 2 is held in one hand and the pull handle pulled so as to revolve the pulley 7 and the pulley 8 so as to unwind the cord 22 off the pulley 7 and wind the resilient band 28 onto the pulley 8. upon or releasing the handle 25 a rapid teetering motion is given to the bar 9 so that the bird members 12 and 13 are quickly reciprocated on their pivots 14 and 15 carrying the beak portions thereof alternately in and out of contact with the pins 10 and 11 giving to the bird members a pecking movement, the rapid impact of the beaks against the pins 10 and 11 quickly calling the attention of the child thereto so as to hold his attention and thereby enable the teacher to gradually impart to him the knowledge to be gained upon the various matters which might be placed on the front or rear faces of the support 1, such as the clock representation, letters of the alphabet and the numerals.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A toy comprising a bat like support, a shaft extending outward therefrom, a teeter bar secured to the shaft centrally of its length, pins extending outward from the bar at each side of its centre, bird members pivotally mounted on the ends of the bar and having their beaks resting upon the aforesaid pins. and means for rapidly turning the shaft in opposite directions so as to give a teetering action to the bar and a pecking action to the birds against the pins.

2. A toy comprising a bat like support, a shaft extending outward therefrom, a teeter bar secured to the shaft centrally of its By alternately pulling len il), plus extending outward from the bar at each side of its centre, bird members pivutelly mounted on the ends'ol the bar and having their beaks resting upon the af0reeaiu pins a pair of pulleys secured to the shaft a pull cord secured and Wound upon one pulley, an elastic member connected to the other pulley at one end and to a stationary support at the opposite end and adapted to be Wound upon said pulley when the aforesaid pull cord is pulled to unwind upon ils supporting pulley.

ALBERT STAPLEY. 

